Large-Scale Structure and Future Surveys

Abstract

As the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey and Sloan Digital Sky Survey move toward completion, it is time to ask what the next generation of survey of large-scale structure should be. I discuss some of the cosmological justifications for such surveys and conclude that surveys at z=3 offer a critical advantage in their ability to access linear-regime clustering at scales smaller than any current survey and even the CMB. I discuss a possible implementation of such a survey and highlight some of the potential science return.

Proceedings from Wide-Field Multi-Object Spectroscopy conference at NOAO in October 2001, to be published by the ASP Conference Series. 8 pages, LaTex, 1 figure